HAIRDRESSERS have been flouting lockdown rules by secretly working from home, The Sun can reveal.
Despite Government rules shutting salons across the country, many are finding ways to work around the restrictions.
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Stylists have been posting adverts on classified websites – like Gumtree and community app Nextdoor – touting for business, and now Trading Standards are investigating.
The Sun found evidence of hairdressers advertising “mobile services” in most parts of the country.
Some stylists insisted they weren’t doing anything wrong as they are wearing masks and gloves.
Others have been advertising their skills at discount prices in a bid to get business, even boasting of their training at “award winning” salons in Central London.
A post on NextDoor advertised a Brazilian blow dry at “half the cost in a salon”.
FLOUTING LOCKDOWN
One hairdresser – who did not want to be named – told The Sun: “I have a home salon, and I don’t qualify to be furloughed so I have to make money somehow.
“A few of my clients messaged me to ask if I was still open so I thought ‘why not?’.
“I wear a mask and gloves, and make clients wash their hands and use hand sanitiser when they come into the salon.
“I’m only doing trims and root touch ups – nothing that would take too long so they’re only in the salon for an hour or two.
“I know its against the rules, but I’m taking precautions and making sure everything is clean and disinfected so I don’t see what the harm is.
“People feel better after they get their hair done, so I think I’m providing an important service.”
Trainee hairdresser from Newcastle, John, 23, has been going to people’s houses and cutting their hair for free.
He told The Sun: “I need to practise to pass my NVQ level 3 otherwise I won’t pass.
“I’ve been helping out some old people who can’t do their hair themselves.
“I wash my hands and wear a face mask so I don’t think I’m putting anyone at risk.”
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Another stylist in West London joked: “There’s no way some of the wealthy women around here would leave the house to walk the dog without a perfect blow dry. I’m making quite a bit of money.”
Salons are classed as non-essential shops and were shut back in March.
Those who have had a home haircut disaster will be pleased some ministers have been pushing for a ‘traffic light’ system when it comes to easing lockdown, letting smaller businesses – like hairdressers – reopen first.
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